MiG-29 Fulcrum

It was designed to be more agile than anything in the US inventory and can handle high g-turns. It can perform the stunning tailslide and cobra maneuveres.
Its two Sarkisov RD-33 afterburners create the massive thrust neccessary to perform such acrobatics. One of its coolest features is a helmet-mounted sight allowing the pilot to select targets with a turn of the head.

The design of the MiG-29 began in 1974 (at the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau)and the first bird thundered off the runway in 1985. When the Berlin Wall was torn down and Germany reunited, MiG-29 became part of the German (and NATO) airforce. Over 800 MiG-29s can now be found in the airforces of twenty countries worldwide.